EATING LESS ONLINE

INTRODUCTORY WEBINAR

TESTIMONIALS

“I can sense the shift in my thought process and I am no longer grazing from the fridge all night.”
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

“This is the only book I have seen with something new to say about compulsive eating. There are no fads or magic wands in this book, just straight, can’t argue reality, and lots and lots of help.”
AC

“EATING LESS has provided me with a light at the end of a tunnel on many occasions. Overeating is not something that is commonly recognised as an addiction such as smoking or drugs. However, once you start to view overeating in this way, everything falls into place.”
SM

I’m Overeating Because

In another study conducted at the University of British Columbia, participants again were divided into three groups and given articles to read about the causes of obesity. This time, one of the articles described evidence for ‘an obesity gene’, one argued that obesity is caused by social networking, and the third article was neutral. Participants were then invited to take part in a taste test, to see which cookies they liked best.

No matter how the testing was carried out, and no matter which culture it was tested in, those people who believed that overeating was the principle cause of obesity were those who ate less of the snacks. Whether the belief pre-existed or was encouraged as part of the study, the view that genes or lack of exercise were to blame for excess weight lead to “significantly more consumption of snacks.”

The researchers suggest that when people think of their weight as being controlled by genetic factors, they are likely to act as though their weight is beyond their control: